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Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Shanker, Albert – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Outlines five areas--salaries, discipline, class size, student/teacher match, and professionalism--in which a "revolution" must take place if the educational reform movement is to be successful. (MD)
Descriptors: Class Size, Discipline, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
A Hudson Institute study claims school administration is top-heavy. Actually, U.S. teachers constitute 78% of the instructional staff, which includes principals, assistant principals, librarians, and counselors. A 1998 OECD report shows that some nations have surpassed the U.S. graduation rate. The U.S. spends the most on higher education. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Education, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
McNeil, John D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Describes four approaches to cost cutting that are offered to stimulate thinking in the direction of thrift: manage class size in the interests of both learning and economy; spend less for salaries; eliminate irrelevant goals, activities, and arrangements; and reconsider building needs and use. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Class Size, Costs, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Reviews the history of the two teachers' unions, presenting the differences and rivalry between the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Details their differing responses to the current "excellence" movement. (MD)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
